Coming in to the game just ahead of the Brother Elephants in the standings, the Sinon Bulls were looking to avoid a series whitewash.
The Bulls started with southpaw Ho Chee-shien, against the Elephants' Japanese pitcher Shin Nakagomi and the Bulls struck first, scoring on two hits and one walk in the third inning.
The Elephants, however, responded with an out-of-the-park solo home run by Peng Cheng-min in the top of the fourth inning to tie the game.
On the top of the fifth, the Elephants' Tsai Feng-an belted another solo home run to stun the crowd and help his team take a 2-1 lead.
The Bulls scored a run on a double with one on, but at the top of the eighth the Elephants were able to start their offense after Lee Chih-chie was walked and eventually moved home on two sacrifice plays and a deep double.
Ho was replaced by Osvaldo Martinez and the Bulls trailed 2-3 in the bottom of the ninth.
As the tension mounted, the Bulls' Yeh Chun-chang hit a line drive to the left and another runner was walked.
The tying run for the Bulls was scored on a hit by Chen Tsung-fu, who collected two hits in total.
With one out, two on and Tzeng Hua-wei at bat, the Bulls' hometown crowd was on its feet hoping for something special.
Tzeng hit a line drive that went through the hole between the shortstop and third base to win the game.
As a result the Bulls held on to first place in the standings and the home crowd went wild.
Next week's schedule:
Lions vs. Whales @ Chiayi, 6:35pm, Wednesday; Lions vs. Whales @ Kaohsiung, 6:35pm, Friday; Lions vs. Whales @ Tainan, 6:35pm, Saturday; Elephants vs. Bulls @ Hualien, 6:35pm, Thursday; Elephants vs. Bulls @ Hualien, 6:35pm, Saturday; Elephants vs. Bulls @ Hualien, 5:05pm, Sunday.
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